On May 8, 2012, Brian will present at the Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting (CALU) Annual General Meeting in Ottawa. He will discuss the economic opportunities available to Canada to an…
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Canada and the European Union (EU) are deep in negotiations on a trade agreement (CETA) that would link our two economies. Today is also the day that the friends of…
If we as a society want more risk-taking, more investment, and more tax revenues those activities generate, then we are smart to use the tax system to encourage them. The…
In my latest column for The Hill Times, I discuss why there is no realistic alternative to the F-35s and that the government should have the courage to say so…
In my latest column for the Ottawa Citizen published on April 7th, I discuss Alberta politics and how Danielle Smith, the ambitious and personable leader of the Wildrose Party who…
In today’s Ottawa Citizen, I outline several reforms that would help facilitate a more constructive focus to the National Energy Board’s work while balancing opponents’ rights to be heard with the country’s…
In my column for The Hill Times today, I write about fishery reform on the East Coast and the use of Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) to guarantee a fisherman’s share of the catch….
March 10, 2012 – In today’s Ottawa Citizen, I write about the greater degree of freedom Canada now enjoys in its relationship with the U.S. The full column below: Advantage, Canada…
In today’s Ottawa Citizen, I discuss why we shouldn’t care about how the EU will treat oil from Canada’s oilsands. The full column below: Why Canada needn’t fear the…
In today’s Hill Times column, I discuss trade with China. There is a great deal of pressure within Canada not to say anything that might ‘offend’ the Chinese because the subtext is…